Hey there, thanks in advance for any input! So I've been shopping diesel pushers in my price range for a few months now and am getting close to pulling the trigger. I'm looking at an '06 Newmar Ventana w/Cummins 330 and an Allison 6. It's got 3 slides and only 25,000 miles. But on today's testdrive I felt a shimmy when I got it up to 65mph'ish. My dealer is sighting "tire pressure/wear" and is going to look at it. Are his explanations plausible? Do class A's require alignment attention like autos do?
Cheers!!
K
TRAILERKING said
11:07 PM Nov 5, 2015
Welcome aboard........
I would venture to guess just BAD tires.
ticat900 said
11:41 PM Nov 5, 2015
Koop wrote:
Hey there, thanks in advance for any input! So I've been shopping diesel pushers in my price range for a few months now and am getting close to pulling the trigger. I'm looking at an '06 Newmar Ventana w/Cummins 330 and an Allison 6. It's got 3 slides and only 25,000 miles. But on today's testdrive I felt a shimmy when I got it up to 65mph'ish. My dealer is sighting "tire pressure/wear" and is going to look at it. Are his explanations plausible? Do class A's require alignment attention like autos do?
Cheers!!
K
yes they require alinements for sure, low tire pressure can cause shimmys, plus tires out of balance .At 25K miles tires should still be good tread wise but are aged out
if the tires are original they should be replaced because there 9-10 years old. I would have the dealer find the date codes on the tires and if original insist on all new tires
Selah said
09:08 PM Nov 6, 2015
Agree with the above, most likely, tire balance, alignment, tire wear, or a combination of all three. If the tires are original they should really be should be changed out. As stated above TV tires age out before they wear out. To be safe, tires should be replaced every six to seven years regardless of looks.
Koop said
09:13 PM Nov 6, 2015
Thanks! Dealer is putting on new rubber next week. I put down my deposit today. Will be stateside within 10 days!!!!!
TRAILERKING said
09:26 PM Nov 6, 2015
Sounds great..........Excited for you. Be sure to follow-up with pictures. Lots and lots of pictures.
Hey there, thanks in advance for any input! So I've been shopping diesel pushers in my price range for a few months now and am getting close to pulling the trigger. I'm looking at an '06 Newmar Ventana w/Cummins 330 and an Allison 6. It's got 3 slides and only 25,000 miles. But on today's testdrive I felt a shimmy when I got it up to 65mph'ish. My dealer is sighting "tire pressure/wear" and is going to look at it. Are his explanations plausible? Do class A's require alignment attention like autos do?
Cheers!!
K
I would venture to guess just BAD tires.
yes they require alinements for sure, low tire pressure can cause shimmys, plus tires out of balance .At 25K miles tires should still be good tread wise but are aged out
if the tires are original they should be replaced because there 9-10 years old. I would have the dealer find the date codes on the tires and if original insist on all new tires
Sounds great..........Excited for you. Be sure to follow-up with pictures. Lots and lots of pictures.